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Brothers at Bat
by Audrey Vernick
Illustrator: Steven Salerno
Ages: 6+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Clarion/HMH
ISBN: 978-0-547-38557-0
Keywords: Families, Baseball, World War II
Many brothers play baseball together, but few form their own semipro team. In 1938 the twelve Acerras stepped up to the plate and kept swinging for fourteen years. Mixed-media illustrations evoke an earlier era.